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The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958 · John Huston · 105 min

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The geisha girl they sent to love and to destroy the barbarian from the west!

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.

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6.1/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database46 votes

John WayneTownsend Harris

Eiko AndoOkichi

Sam JaffeHenry Heusken

So YamamuraGovernor Tamura RRyuzo DemuraThug (uncredited)TTakeshi Kumagai(uncredited)FFuyukichi Maki(uncredited)

Kodayu Ichikawa(uncredited)

Cast

John WayneTownsend Harris

Eiko AndoOkichi

Sam JaffeHenry Heusken

So YamamuraGovernor Tamura RRyuzo DemuraThug (uncredited)TTakeshi Kumagai(uncredited)FFuyukichi Maki(uncredited)

Kodayu Ichikawa(uncredited)

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